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Faʻa Sāmoa consists of the Samoan language, customs of relationships, and culture, that constitute the traditional and continuing Polynesian lifestyle on Samoa and in the Samoan diaspora. It embraces an all-encompassing system of behavior and of responsibilities that spells out all Samoans' relationships to one another and to persons holding ...
Samoan culture recognizes people who occupy a third gender role in society. They are known as faʻafafine (Samoan pronunciation: [faʔafaˈfine]) and are considered an integral part of Samoan society. [5] The faʻafafine are raised as girls from early childhood, wear women's clothing, and carry out women's work in the home and the community.
The Samoan word ʻava (pronounced with the glottal stop) is a cognate of the Polynesian word kava associated with the kava cultures in Oceania. Both terms are understood in Samoa. The ʻava ceremony within Samoan culture retains the same ritual pattern with slight variations depending on the parties involved and the occasion.
Marriage ceremonies are important Samoan cultural events. Marriage involves the transfer of property of the woman, the toga, and the man's property, the oloa. It is a village event, with two ceremonies and a feast at the conclusion. In the first ceremony, the bride and groom march through the village to a district judge.
The traditional culture of Samoa is a communal way of life based on Fa'a Samoa, the unique socio-political culture. In Samoan culture, most activities are done together. The traditional living quarters, or fale (houses), contain no walls and up to 20 people may sleep on the ground in the same fale. During the day, the fale is used for chatting ...
Samoa is fairly progressive in terms of gender identity and expression as it has a large transgender or "third gender" community called the fa'afafine. Fa'afafine are a recognised part of traditional Samoan customs, allowing for transgender people in particular trans women to be accepted as they have always been a part of Samoan culture. On 1 ...
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Samoan pre-colonial society, similar to other Polynesian societies, was a very "sexually free" culture. [3] Same-sex marriage ceremonies are known to have occurred. [4] Fa'afafine, a cultural third gender in Samoa, could traditionally marry either men or women, and even